Housing



March 28, 1939. A, w DRlNG 2,151,751

HOUSING Filed Mafdh 28, 1936 INVENTOR A. W. DR/NG A r Tom/ Patented Mar. 28, 1939 HOUSING Q Arthur W. Dring, Summit, N. J., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 28, 1936, Serial No. 71,407

1 Claim.

This invention relates to housings and more particularly to a type of housing used for example for mounting cable terminals for joining aerial and underground telephone or telegraph cables.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of such devices.

According to the invention a housing is provided in which a rear plate or wall serves for -pivotally mounting on each side thereof combined side and front wall sections which when moved in the closed position form, with end walls carried by the rear wall, a housing for terminal connectors. These terminal connectors l are disposed on an insulating plate forming the front Wall of another housing in which the cable wires are connected to terminal posts carried by the insulating plate which also serves as fanning strips for conductors used for interconnecting the cable wires. The combined side and front wall sections of the outer disposed housing are mounted for axial movement on their pivots under the action of a latching mechanism operable for forcing the top edges of these combined side and front wall sections collectively against the underside of the topmost disposed end wall portions for rendering such a closure substantially moisture-proof at this point, another latching device being provided for firmly holding the abutting edges of the pivoted wall sections in their closed position for rendering the housing substantially moisture-proof at this point.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and by the claim appended thereto, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the housing 7 shown with combined side and front wall sections pivoted substantially 90 degrees from its closed position;

Fig. 2 isa side view shown partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a partial View showing one of the latches in its unoperated position; and

Fig; 5 is a diagrammatic view of the wire connections.

In the drawing, Ill is the rear wall of a housing formed by end walls 9 and 30 and combined side and front wall sections II and I2. Sections II and I2 are pivoted to the rear wall ID by similar hinges H and HI shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The flaps FP of hinges H are secured to the wall section ll and the flaps FPI of these hinges are secured to the rear wall section It). Similarly, the flaps FP2 of hinges HI are secured to the wall section i2 and the flaps FP3 of these hinges are secured to the rear wall It], the width of flap portions FP of hinges H and the flaps 5 FP2 of hinges HI being considerably greater than the width of their cooperating flap portions FF! and FPS in order to permit up and down movement of the wall sections H and I2 on the hinge pins l3 and I4 for a purpose which will be hereinafter described in detail.

A latching device is provided for tightly holding the wall sections II and I2 in their closed position as shown in Fig. 3. This latching device consists of a hook l5 secured to the wall section II and a cooperating ho'ok element I 6 pivoted on an arm H which in turn is pivoted on a bracket I8 shown in Figs. 1 and 3, secured to the front of combined wall and side section l2. The hook element I6 is pivoted on the arm 20 H at the point X a small distance from the pivotal point XI of the arm ll on bracket IS.

The top end wall 30 of the housing is secured to the rear wall section In by a plurality of screws SC shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and is provided with a collar 3| telescopically receiving a sleeve 32 in which the lead covering 33 of the cable extends, the lead covering 33 being held securely in the sleeve 32 as by soldering.

The top end wall 30 is provided with a plate FL, shown in Figs. 2 and 4, engaging a shoulder portion at the end of collar 3| and is held in place by a number of spacer members SM, this plate being provided to form the top end wall of a second housing which will be hereinafter described in detail.

A combined rear and side wall member I9 is provided at its upper end with a flange portion FLZ for securing it to the plate FL as by screws S02. Another end plate EW is secured to member I9 by screws S03, shown in Fig. 3, and is supported from the end wall 9 of the outer housing by a plurality of spacer members, such as SM shown in Fig. 1. The front wall of housing 19 is made in the form of an insulating plate 2| provided for mounting terminal connectors 20, this plate being secured to casing l9 by a plurality of screws SL3 shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

The ends of the wires W extend in the chamber formed by the combined rear end and side wall member l9, the insulating plate 2!, the plate FL and the lower end wall EW for connection with the inner disposed ends of connectors 20 which are arranged in two groups GI and G2 on the insulating plate 2|. The wires of group GI which may form the incoming lines are connected to the terminals of group G2 which may form the outgoing lines by the conducting wires 24 at the corresponding outer disposed ends of the terminals 20 by screws 21 as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The ends of conducting wires 24 passing through corresponding fanning holes 22 and 23 in the insulating plate H for supporting the wires at points adjacent their connections with the terminals 20 as shown in Fig. 5.

On the top end wall of housing I is secured an angle-shaped piece 34 shown in Figs 1, 2 and 4 disposed in engageable relation with a hook element 35. Hook element 35 is pivoted on a handle 36 at the point 31 a small distance from the pivoted point X2 of handle 36 on bracket 38, This bracket is secured to the top of end wall member l2 so that the downward movement of handle 36 is efiective to engage the hook member 35 with the angle piece 34 wherein a continuous movement of handle 36 from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 2 due to the engagement of hooks 34 and 35, the handle member 36 now rotates on pivot 31 and thereby forces the bracket 38 and the wall portions II and I2 when latched, as shown in Fig. 3, in. an upward direction in abutment against the under side surface of the top wall 39 for preventing the entrance of any moisture in the outer disposed housing thus formed at this point, the wall portions II and I 2 being guided by the pins l3 and I4 of hinges H and HI as above described.

The latch consisting of hooks l5 and I6 actuated by handle I! is provided for forcing the wall sections II and H in edge to edge relation at their front engaged point for preventing the enby the end wall 30.

trance of any moisture in the outer disposed housing at this point and around the peripheral edge of the end wall 9 and the ring RM carried The inner disposed housing formed by the wall member l9 and the insulating plate 2! in cooperation with the end wall 9 of plate FL may be filled with a water-proof compound as to positively exclude any moisture from this chamber.

It is to be understood that minor changes may be made to the housing device of the invention 'without departing from the scope of the appended-claim.

What is claimed is:

A housing comprising a rear Wall having end walls securedthereon, one of said end walls having a peripheral edge formed substantially at right angles to the plane of said end wall, a rim carried. by the last-mentioned wall extending in parallel relation with said edge and cooperating therewith to-form a groove, a pair of combined side and front wall sections arranged for pivotal and axialmovements on said rear wall, a cammingmechanism for forcing said wall sections in edge to edge relation, and another camming mechanism including a hook member secured to one of said end walls, a bracket secured to one of said wall sections, a handle pivoted on said bracket and a hook pivoted on said handle for engaging said hook member whereby the pivoting movement of said handle is effective to move said sections collectively on the pivots of said hinges to iorcetheir upper edges in said groove in abutting relation with-the lastmentioned end wall for preventing the entrance of moisture in said housing.

ARTHUR W. DRING. 

